Horticulture and Forestry Advisory Board 2000

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LOUISVILLE HORTICULTURE FORESTRY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF BORAD MEETING February 2000 • Members Present: Howard Teague, Jerry Warren and Nanette Edwards City Liaisons Present: Steve.Baysinger and Brad:Chronowski Members Absent: Susan Spaulding, Betty Solek A. General 1. Howard called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m, minutes of January meeting were approved. 2. Steve updated the Board on applications for the forester position. To date, 24 applications have been received. Susan and Nanette have agreed to review and rate the applications toward choosing candidates to interview. Once the applicants to be interviewed has been determined, Human Resources will contact the selected applicants to set times. 3. Brad received detailed plans for the plantings on the Cherry Street medians. Brad will contact the designer to incorporate more grasses in the planting plan. 4. Cost for the parking lot is projected at $46,715 inclusive of $7,786 for contingency. After discussion the Board consensus was to move forward on installation of the parking lot. 5. One of the boards goals has been to upgrade the Arbor Day celebration. Unpredictable weather has been a constraint on planning activities. Steve will check with Craig Jones with the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) to gather ideas of other successful community celebrations. Additional ideas include working with Louisville civic groups, give -aways such as seedlings and large trees at the event, Woodsey Owl and cable channel promotion. This item will be further discussed at the March meeting. • 6. Brad disseminated information on the arboretum entryway. The Board goal is still to complete the entryway for the Arbor Day celebration. Progress will be updated at each monthly meeting. 7. Commercial Guidelines discussion was tabled until the next meeting. 8. Old business By -laws review needs action. Susan has completed a review with recommendations, the Board needs to take action on the recommendations. Steve has spoken with Jim Knopf to set up a presentation relating to water wise usage of landscaping. Available dates are February 16 and 17. Steve will poll HFAB and LRCAB to pick the best date, details to follow. Steve is gathering information on tree inventories with Craig Jones with CSFS. The inventory will be one of the first responsibilities of the new forester in conjunction with HFAB. 9. New Business For 2000 the gateway at Main Street and South Boulder Road is slated based on the master plan. Brad has completed some of the preliminary work and will be updating the Board. Prior to design, the Board will meet with the Downtown Business Association. 10. Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 1. •